Writing Clementine
Published on 25. June 2014
192 pages
978-1-74343-409-3 (ISBN)
Description
You said we could write anything we wanted. The first thing that came into our minds. Blue fish, red fish, green fish...
Clementine Darcy is floundering. She wants to be the kind of fish who swims to the swish of her own fins - upstream, not simply carried along by the current.
But she is finding the swirling waters of school and home difficult to navigate: her friendship group is splintering, her brother Fergus won't leave his room, her sister's life is not as perfect as Clem thought...and then there's the New Boy, who is dapper and intriguing, but hiding secrets of his own. Clem is desperate for everyone - including herself - to be happy, but she discovers that her idea of helping doesn't always work as well as she imagined.
Can Clem be the girl she wants to be? Will she learn to accept that there are things she can fix and things she cannot? Will she find a way to know the difference?
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Kate Gordon lives in Hobart, in a mint-green cottage, with her husband, her very strange cat, Mephy Danger Gordon, and a wonderful little girl who goes by the name of Tiger. Kate dreams that one day she and her little family will live in another cottage, by the beach, with goats and chickens. In the meantime, she fills her house with books, perfects her gluten-free baking technique, has marvellous adventures with Tiger, and she writes.
Kate was the recipient of 2011 and 2012 Arts Tasmania Assistance to Individuals grants, which means she can now spend more time doing what she loves.
Content
- Cover
- Part Title
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Dear Ms Hiller
- You said you'll only read our writing if we want you to
- that you'll understand if we wish to keep it private.
- Today I want to write about a strange thing that happened.
- My First Memory by Clementine Darcy
- Nothing about Alain de Botton, Ms Hiller?
- Cleo kissed Todd Campbell.
- A Member of My Family by Clementine Darcy
- My Best Friend by Clementine Darcy
- 'Finish this sentence,' you said. 'Life's too short not to . . .'
- Hi, Ms Hiller.
- The Thing I Am Most Scared Of by Clementine Darcy
- I saw the boy again today.
- I know we have a topic today . . .
- My Favourite Meal by Clementine Darcy
- Last night, I decided to try to spend some time with Soph.
- It's Friday, Ms H, and I'm slightly stressed.
- I'm home now. I'm not in class. But I need to talk. I'm nervous, Ms Hiller.
- My Favourite Flower is the Pansy by Clementine Darcy
- At home, I went straight up to Fergus's room and knocked on his door.
- It's my second day of friendlessness, Ms Hiller.
- Dear Ms Hiller,
- The Most Interesting Person in Class Today by Clementine Darcy
- Alyssa wrote back to me!
- The Worst Day of My Life by Clementine Darcy
- I don't feel like writing real stuff today, Ms H.
- I tried to talk to Chelsea-Grace today.
- I'm sorry, I know I'm meant to be writing about happy memories.
- Fred and I were sitting underneath the cider gum.
- A Happy Moment by Clementine Darcy
- Last night I went out with the Burnie Steampunk Society.
- If I Could Say a Single Thing to Any Person of My Choosing, What WouldIt Be? by Clementine Darcy
- What a weekend I had, Ms Hiller.
- Dear Ms Hiller,
- The Steampunk Ball by Clementine Darcy
- There's more, Ms Hiller.
- On the Monday, Cleo led me to the group's new lunch spot, in the quad.
- What I Did Last Night by Clementine Darcy
- Something I'm Worried About Right Now by Clementine Darcy
- Last night I went to Fish Frenzy again with some of the steampunkers.
- Happy Monday, Ms Hiller.
- You're confused, aren't you?
- There's a wall by the art rooms, Ms Hiller.
- The Best Meal of My Life, Take Two! by Clementine Darcy
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
